Alcatraz Extended, House Taking a Break

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Dr. House will be out of the office in March while Alcatraz gets rid of some of its two-episode blocks.

By Matt Fowler

The Futon Critic is reporting that FOX has decided to extend the run of its freshman J.J. Abrams series, Alcatraz. No, they're not adding more episodes, they are simply getting rid of some of the two-episode Mondays they had planned for the series.

Alcatraz was going to wrap its 13-episode run on March 12th, using two-hour double episode blocks to cram as much Alcatraz into the schedule as possible. These blocks were to begin on February 27th, but now Alcatraz will only air one of those two-episode blocks and then return to single weekly episodes through March 26th. House, however, will be sitting out the month of March entirely, taking a small break so that both Alcatraz and Touch, which officially debuts on March 19th, to air next to one another.

"Key party, anyone?"

Having not yet made any renewal decisions regarding Terra Nova or House, it's possible that FOX wants to see how Alcatraz and Touch do in the ratings (without having House as an anchor) since they now have four Monday shows to try and puzzle-piece into a two hour block of time.